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Patoka

Cemetery

White River Township

Gibson County, Indiana

Coordinates:

38.4065 N Latitude; -87.5880 W Longitude

Congressional Location:

SE-1/4; SW-1/4; SECTION 24; TOWNSHIP 1S; RANGE 11W

Common Directions:

Located in Patoka, on the north side of Grave Street, immediately west of the Presbytarian (Old Columbia) Church, Spring (High) Street and the railroad crossing.

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The following list is an attempt to show all known graves, using several different sources. There may be other graves which are unknown due to missing, unreadable, destroyed or broken markers.  Photos by Daniel L Elliott 01 Apr 2010.
If you have knowledge of any other graves which may not be shown below, please drop us an e-mail and let us know. 
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Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Notes & Inscriptions

Photo#                       Photos

Sect-

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Row

Alvis

Elizabeth G

4 May 1824

31 May 1876

Wife of James M ALVIS

9222

All

1

Alvis

Infant

--

--

Daughter of William & Elizabeth (STUCKEY) ALVIS.

9257

All

2

Alvis

Isabella

-- 

26 Sep 1851

Daughter of John W & Emiline (STUCKEY) ALVIS.

Aged 1 yr 6 mos & 4 ds.

9293

All

3

Alvis

James C

abt 1821

18 Apr 1897

Pvt., Co. A, 80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Enlisted on 4 Sep 1862, discharged 25 Jan 1863.  Also, Co. G, 143rd Reg. Indiana Infantry.

(Date of death from “Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903)




9314

All

5

Alvis

James P

Aug 1851

14 Dec 1853

Son of William & Elizabeth (STUCKEY) ALVIS.

9255

All

2

Alvis

John W

1 Dec 1849

24 Sep 186?

Son of William & Elizabeth (STUCKEY) ALVIS.

9253

All

2

Alvis

Sarah

22 Mar 180?

12 Jul 1864

Consort of Thomas ALVIS.

9289

All

3

Alvis

Thomas

--

14 Oct 1851

Consort of Sarah ALVIS.

Aged 58 yrs. & 9 mos.

9291

All

3

Alvis

William M

12 Jul 1857

26 Aug 1864

Son of William & Elizabeth (STUCKEY) ALVIS.

9256

All

2

Applegate

Elizabeth

?

?

Worn stone; also buried.

9603

All

17

Applegate

John O

 --

20 Nov 1874

Aged 55 Yrs. 1 Mo. 27 Dys.

9602

All

17

Babb

Jacob S

21 Jul 1841

14 Jan 1875

Husband of Rebecca (VANCESTROM) BABB. 

Aged 33 Yrs. 5 Mos. 23 Da’s.

9303

All

3

Baggage

John W

 --

5 Sep 1866

Son of A & E J BAGGAGE.

Aged 10 m’s. 17 ds.

9512

All

9

Barrett

John Howard

 --

30 Apr 1866

Son of R M & A E BARRETT.

Aged 3 Yrs. 11 Ms. 20 Ds.

9352

All

6

Barrett

Maria J

30 Mar 1854

9 Feb 1876

Wife of R N Barrett.

9297

All

3

Bemen

Rosea J

-- 

1 Jun 1855

Aged 10 yrs. 10 mos. 20 dys.

Headstone not found or identified.

All

?

Berlin

John

16 Aug 1788

5 Aug 1856

Consort of Sarah BERLIN.  Married 8 Aug 1819 in Jefferson County, Kentucky.  Son of Jacob & Anna Rosina (ODENWELDER) BERLIN.

9280

All

3

Bingham

Charles

--

4 Aug 1874

Son of George Byron & Minerva (STOCKWELL) BINGHAM.

Aged 4 yrs. 4 ms.

9487

B

9

Bingham

George Byron

--

18 Nov 1861

Son of George Byron & Minerva (STOCKWELL) BINGHAM.
Aged 2 Yr’s 9 Mo’s.

9485

B

9

Bingham

George Jerald

--

7 Oct 1864

Son of George Byron & Minerva (STOCKWELL) BINGHAM.

Aged 1 Yr. 2 ms. 11 Ds.

9482

B

9

Bingham

Gordon Byron

24 Aug 1826

10 Jan 1876

Husband of Minerva (STOCKWELL) BINGHAM.  Son of Gordon Byron & Candace (JERAULD) BINGHAM.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland

9473

B

9

Bingham

Jennie Hewlett

4 Dec 1865

3 Dec 1889

nee HEWLETT.  Wife of William BINGHAM.  Married 15 Dec 1886.

9476

B

9

Bingham

Minerva

1837

1907

nee STOCKWELL.  Wife of Gordon Byron BINGHAM.

“Mother”

9475

B

9

Bingham

Sylvester J

8 Nov 1873

13 Mar 1889

Son of George Byron & Minerva (STOCKWELL) BINGHAM.

9475

B

9

Bingham

Sylvester J 

abt 1829

9 Dec 1871

Son of Gordon Byron & Candace (JERAULD) BINGHAM.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Aged 42 years.


Captain, Co. B, 1st Reg. Indiana Cavalry.

Rank in First Lieutenant, out Captain.

 




9490

9488

B

9

Brown

Dewitt Clinton

abt 1845

16 Aug 1887

Husband of Olive (SHOVER) BROWN.  Married 3 Feb 1876.  Son of James S & Levina BROWN.


Pvt. Co. G, 143rd Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Patoka, Indiana:  Enlisted on 1 Feb 1865, mustered out on 17 Oct 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.




9315

All

5

Bruner

Abraham

14 Jan 1799

14 Feb 1871

Husband of Lucy Ann (CLUTTER) BRUNER.  Married 5 Jan 1833

9334

All

6

Bruner

Euretta

-- 

26 Jan 1897

Aged 88 yrs. 17 dys.

9335

9336

All

6

Bruner

John Clark

 11 Mar 1823

5 Oct 1874

Husband of Sarah Ann (MELTON) BRUNER.  Married 13 May 1851.

Aged 50 Ys. 6 Ms. 24 Ds.

“Father”

9227

9238

9242

All

2

Bruner

Laura E

23 Jun 1858

31 Mar 1900

Daughter of John Clark & Sarah Ann (MELTON) BRUNER.

9239

9243

All

2

Bruner

Lucy Ann

17 Mar 1813

27 Nov 1847

nee CLUTTER.  Wife of Abraham BRUNER.  Married 5 Jan 1833.

9333

All

6

Bruner

Lula May

 --

3 Jul 1878

Daughter of A T & L A BRUNER.

Aged ?

9237

All

2

Bruner

Sarah Ann

3 Oct 1830

22 Sep 1907

nee MELTON. Wife of John Clark BRUNER.  Married 13 May 1851.

“Mother”

9238

9241

All

2

Bruner

Simeon L

abt 1837

6 Oct 1862

Son of Abraham & Lucy Ann (CLUTTER) BRUNER.


Pvt., Co. E, 80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Enlisted on 10 Sep 1862, mustered out (died) on 6 Oct 1862.




9332

All

6

Bruner

William L

9 Mar 1852

15 Jun 1880

Son of John Clark & Sarah Ann BRUNER

9240

9243

All

2

Burge

H T, Rev.

23 Dec 1805

20 Aug 1876

“Erected by the Ministers of the M. E. Church of the Ind. Conference.”

9368

All

7

Casey

Charlotte Park

1837

1922

Wife of William J CASEY.

9340

All

6

Casey

Nancy J

27 Jan 1827

17 Dec 1852

nee HUDELSON.  Wife of William Joel CASEY.  Married 29 Oct 1851.

9343

All

6

Casey

William Joel

1826

1879

Husband of Nancy J (HUDELSON) CASEY, 1st ,  married 29 Oct 1851; and Charlotte (PARK) CASEY, 2nd.

9342

All

6

Chappell

William P

-- 

--

“Departed this life in the 28th year of his age.”

9498

All

9

Church

Ann Eliza

29 Sep 1818

12 Sep 1901

Wife of Josiah D CHURCH.

Aged 82 Y. 11 M. 17 D.

9495

All

9

Church

Josiah D

31 Aug 1814

13 Feb 1882

Husband of Ann Eliza CHURCH.

Aged 68 Y. 6 M. 18 D.

“Father”

9495

9496

All

9

Church

Nelson H

1 May 1842

5 Mar 1906

Son of Josiah C & Ann Eliza CHRUCH.

Aged 63 Y. 10 M. 5 D.

“N.H.C.”   


Resident of Patoka, Indiana:  Enlisted as a Cpl., Co. A, 80th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Promoted to Full Captain on 30 Jan 1865.  Mustered out on 30 Jan 1865 at Lousiville, Kentucky. 

Comissioned an officer (Captain) in Co. E, 124th Reg. US Colored Troops Infantry on 30 Jan 1865, mustered out on 24 Oct 1865.






9493

9497

All

9

Clark

James

 

6 Sep 1849

Son of James & Elizabeth (HUDLESON) CLARK.

Aged 6 yrs. 18 dys.

Headstone not found or identified.

All

?

Cline

Isaac

24 Dec 1831

19 Oct 1901

Aged 70 years.

Headstone not found or identified.

All

?

Cocanower

Eda

 --

1 May 1870

Daughter of A & M COCANOWER.

Aged 1 y’r. 10 m’s. 8 d;s.

9636

All

20

Cooper

Effie

--

25 Nov 1876

Daughter of Lewis & L COOPER.

9588

All

16

Cooper

Henry

--

29 Aug 1875

Son of Lewis & L COOPER.

Aged 1 Yr. 1 Mo. 3 Ds.

9589

All

16

Cooper

J C 

 --

--

Corporal, 17th Indiana Battery




Headstone not found or identified.

All

?

Cooper

Mary A

--

31 Aug 1868

Wife of Lewis COOPER.

Aged 42 yr. 3 ms. ? ds.

9587

All

16

Crowder

John H

abt 1841

16 May 1873

Son of Susan CROWDER.


Pvt., Co. B, 65th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Princeton, Indiana:  Enlisted on 18 Aug 1862, mustered out on 22 Jun 1865 at Greensboro, North Carolina.




9354

All

6

Daniel

Emma Jane

-- 

5 Mar 1841

Daughter of O P & Eliza DANIEL.

Aged 3 yrs. 9 mos. 6 dys.

9247

All

2

Daniels

Henry H

27 Feb 1880

13 Apr 1880

Son of William D & Kate R HUDELSON DANIELS.

9381

D

7

Daniels

Infant

 --

--

Child of William D DANIELS

9376

D

7

Daniels

James ?

--

15 Feb 1873

Infant son of William D & Sarah (FULLERTON) DANIELS.

9387

D

7

Daniels

John ?

--

20 Jun 1869

Son of William D & Sarah (FULLERTON) DANIELS.

Aged 1 year & 24 Days.

9389

D

7

Daniels

Josie

--

21 Aug 1877

Son of William D & Kate H HUDELSON DANIELS.

Aged 2 Yrs. 5 Mos 11Days.

9377

D

7

Daniels

Kate H

1849

-- 

Second wife of William D DANIELS. Married 2 Dec 1873.

Headstone not found or identified.

D

7

Daniels

Sarah

 --

12 Feb 1873

nee FULLERTON.  First wife of William D DANIELS.  Married 1 Jan 1858.

Aged 32 yrs. 2 ms. 7 days.

9385

D

7

Daniels

William D

1834

1905

Husband of Kate (FULLERTON) DANIELS, 1st, married 1 Jan 1858; and Kate H HUDELSON DANIELS, 2nd, married 2 Dec 1873.

9374

D

7

Davis

Zara

Jul 1823

30 Nov 1857

Husband of Mary Elizabeth DAVIS.

9311

All

4

Decker

John C

 --

2 Aug 1838

--

9534

All

11

DePriest

Laura A

abt 1851

? Sep ????

nee MARTIN.  Wife of William H DePRIEST.  Married 2 Nov 1871.

(Bottom of stone broken and buried.)

(Note:  Husband is a widower by the time of 1880 census.)

9248

All

2

Dickson

Ann

 --

20 May 1872

Wife of David DICKSON.

Aged 39 y’s. 10 m’s. 14 d’s.

9641

All

21

Downey

Lowella

abt 1864

27 Jun 1871

Daughter of William A & Lucy Hannah (DEVIN) DOWNEY.


Aged:  7 yrs. 8 mos. 10 ds.


Note:  Birth date provided by Don Heflin. 


Died of burns sustained in a coal oil explosion in their home.

(Click here to read newspaper article about her death.)

9623

All

18

Downey

Lucy Hannah

20 Dec 1837

12 Aug 1883

nee DEVIN.  Wife of Dr. William A DOWNEY.  Married 26 Apr 1859.

Daughter of James & Hannah (Chapman) DEVIN.

No headstone found.

All

18

Downey

Minnie

abt 1861

27 Jun 1871

Daughter of William A & Lucy Hannah (DEVIN) DOWNEY.


Aged:  9 yrs 9 mos. 26 ds.


Note:  Birth date provided by Don Heflin.


Died of burns sustained in a coal oil explosion in their home.

(Click here to read newspaper article about her death.)

9623

All

18

Downey

William A 

 abt 1836

10 Apr 1879

Husband of Lucy Hannah (DEVIN) DOWNEY.  Married 26 Apr 1859.


Major, 58th Reg. Indiana Infantry.  Resident of Patoka, Indiana:  Enlisted on 10 Jan 1861, commissioned an officer (Capt.) on 12 Nov 1861.  Promoted to Full Asst. Surgeon on 13 Jun 1863.  Promoted to Full Major on 21 Oct 1863, mustered out on 25 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.


(Date of death from “Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1879-1903)




9624

All

18

Duncan

George “Little George”

30 Dec 1862

18 Jun 1866

Son of John J & Harriett N DUNCAN.

9510

All

9

Duncan

Harriett N

17 Feb 1823

14 Apr 1865

Wife of John J DUNCAN.

9508

All

9

Duncan

John

10 Apr 1822

27 Apr 1887

Husband of Harriett N DUNCAN.

9505

9503

All

9

Elmore

Leroy

--

16 Sep 1871

Son of H B & N A ELMORE.

Aged 6 ms & 20 ds.

9356

All

6

Embry

Anna

--

1 Mar 1855

Aged 38 years.

9438

All

8

Erwin

Rose Ann

 --

14 Oct 1876

Wife of John ERWIN.

Aged 23 yrs. 6 mos. 21 dys.

9511

All

9

Evans

Margaret

1815

1883

Wife of Thomas EVANS.

9549

All

12

 Sections and Rows
Cemetery is in one section, with three family burial sections enclosed by iron fences, herein abbreviated as:  "B" Bingham Family; "D" Daniel's Family and "W" Welborn.  Rows were numbered beginning on the east side of the cemetery and the alignment, north to south is often irregular.
9221

9406

9669

9671